Babi na 21 — Hannun Jagoranci a Aiki

GSAM 322.1"ZAN umarce ka in kuma koyar da kai a hanyar da za ka bi."¹

GSAM 322.2Ga wanda ya sanya Ubangiji a matsayin amincinsa, kulawarsa tana bayyana a koda yaushe. Akwai lokuta, duk da haka, da ake fi fahimtar wannan kulawa sosai, kamar ceto na musamman daga sharri da haɗari, na gani da na ɓoye, da kuma buɗe hanyoyi kai tsaye ta kulawar Allah don faɗaɗa gaskiyarsa. Wannan babi yana magana ne kan waɗannan batutuwa.

GSAM 322Wahayin Farko a Michigan

GSAM 322.3A watan Mayu, 1853, Fasto White da matarsa sun ziyarci Michigan. Wannan shi ne karon farko da suka taɓa zuwa yammacin Buffalo, N.Y. A ranar Asabar ta ƙarshe a watan Mayu suna Tyrone, kuma a wurin an nuna wa Misis White a wahayi ƙungiyoyi daban-daban na masu kiyaye Asabar a Jihar, tare da gargaɗi game da tasirin da za su iya aiki a kansu. A ranar 2 ga Yuni, a Jackson, ta rubuta shafuka takwas na babbar takarda, tana bayyana wasu daga cikin abubuwan da aka nuna mata. Ta ba ni kwafin wahayi da aka yi da fensir, a kan sharaɗin cewa zan ba ta kwafi mai tsabta da aka rubuta da alƙalami da tawada.

GSAM 322Wata Mace da ta Yi Ikirarin Tsarki

GSAM 322.4Daga cikin sauran abubuwan da aka nuna, an bayyana labarin wata mata wadda ke ƙoƙarin tsoma baki cikin mutanenmu. Ta ce wannan mata tana ikirarin tsarki sosai. Misis White ba ta taɓa ganinta ba, kuma ba ta da wata masaniya a kanta sai abin da aka nuna mata a cikin wannan wahayi. Ba wai kawai ta bayyana yadda matar ke gudanar da harkokinta ba, har ma ta bayyana cewa idan aka yi mata tsawaki za ta yi kama da mai tsarki, ta ce, "Ubangiji—ya—san—zuciyata." Ta ce wannan mace tana yawo a ƙasar tare da wani matashi, yayin da mijinta, tsoho, yake gida yana aiki don tallafa musu a mugun halayensu. Misis White ta ce Ubangiji ya nuna mata cewa "duk da ikirarin tsarkin da matar ke yi, ita da matashin sun yi laifi ta hanyar karya umarnin bakwai." Da bayanin wannan lamari a rubuce a aljihuna, na jira da ɗan damuwa don ganin yadda abubuwa za su kasance.

GSAM 323Taron a Vergennes, Mich.

GSAM 323.1Mun yi tarurruka a Jackson, Battle Creek, Bedford, da Hastings, sannan muka zo Vergennes, Kent Co., wanda ya tabbata shi ne wurin da matar ke zaune. Mun isa wurin da za mu kwana a ranar 11 ga Yuni, kaɗan kafin Asabar. Wurin da muka tsaya shi ne gidan wani Fasto White wanda a da ya kasance mai wa’azin wata ƙungiyar Kiristanci. Tunda wannan ƙasa ce da aka fara zama, an shirya tarurrukanmu a cikin wani babban rumbun dabbobi da aka gina sabo, mil uku daga wurin, kuma matar da aka gani a wahayi, kamar yadda aka gano, har yanzu tana zaune mil biyu bayan wurin taron.

GSAM 323Shaida ga Mai Tsananin Bi

GSAM 323.2A ranar 12 ga Yuni, da ƙarfe 10:30 na safe, mun taru a cikin rumfar dabbobi don taro. Misis White ta zauna a gefen hagu na dandamali, ni na zauna a kusa da ita, Fasto Cornell a kusa da ni, sannan Fasto White yana gefen dama na dandamali yana jawabi. Bayan ya yi magana na kusan mintuna goma sha biyar, wani tsoho da wani matashi suka shigo tare, suka zauna a kujera ta gaba kusa da dandamali. Wata mata mai tsawo, siriri, mai launin fata mai duhu ta zo tare da su, ta zauna kusa da ƙofa. Bayan gajeriyar wa’azi daga ga Fasto White, Misis White ta tashi ta gabatar da jawabinta da magana kan kulawar da masu hidima suke bukata domin kada su lalata aikin da aka miƙa musu, tana amfani da baitin, "ku zama da tsarki, ku da kuke ɗaukan kayan aikin Ubangiji." Ta ce ba umarnin Allah bane ya kira mace ta yi yawo a ƙasar tare da wani namiji banda mijinta. A ƙarshe ta faɗi a fili,

GSAM 323.2"Wannan matar da ta zauna ’yan lokaci da suka wuce kusa da ƙofa tana ikirarin cewa Allah ya kirata yin wa’azi. Tana tafiya tare da wannan matashin da ya zauna a gaban teburin nan, alhali wannan tsohon mutumin, mijinta—Allah ya ji masa ƙai!—yana wahala a gida yana neman kuɗin da suke amfani da su wajen ci gaba da muguntarsu. Tana ikirarin cewa tana da tsarki sosai,—tana tsarkakewa,—amma, duk da wannan nuna tsarkinta, Allah ya nuna mini cewa ita da wannan matashin sun yi laifi na keta umarnin bakwai."

GSAM 324.1Duk waɗanda suke wurin sun san cewa Misis White ba ta taɓa ganin waɗannan mutane ba har sai da suka shiga cikin rumfar dabbobi. Zaɓar su da kuma bayyana halayensu yadda ta yi ya yi tasiri a zukatan masu sauraro, ya ƙara musu ƙwarin gwiwa kuma ya tabbatar da bangaskiyarsu a cikin wahayi.

GSAM 324Kalmomin da Aka Faɗa Kamar yadda aka Annabta

GSAM 324.2Yayin da Misis White ke gabatar da shaida, kowa ya karkata hankalinsa ga Misis Alcott, matar da aka tsawata wa, don ganin yadda za ta karɓi abin da aka faɗa, da abin da za ta yi da abin da za ta faɗa. Da dai ba ta da laifi a kan tuhumar da aka yi mata, to da a ka yi tsammanin za ta tashi ta musanta komai. Idan kuwa mai laifi ce, kuma ta lalace ƙwarai, to ba za ta yi wuya ba ta musanta komai, ko da kuwa ta san gaskiyar hakan. Maimakon haka, ta yi daidai abin da shaidar ta ce za ta yi idan an yi mata tsawaki. A hankali ta tashi tsaye, duk idanu na kallonta, sannan ta yi fuskar mai tsarki, a hankali ta ce, "Ubangiji—ya—san—zuciyata," sannan ta zauna ba tare da ta sake furta wata kalma ba. Ta faɗi daidai abin da shaidar ta ce za ta faɗa, kuma ta faɗa shi daidai yadda aka ce.

GSAM 325An Yarda da Laifi

GSAM 325.1Lallai, Allah Ya san zukatansu, kuma sun san kansu da laifi a kan tuhumar; domin daga baya matashin ya ce wa Mista Gardner, mazaunin wuri guda, wanda ya tambaye shi sosai game da lamarin, "Mista Gardner, abin da Misis White ta faɗa game da mu gaskiya ne ƙwarai;" kuma matar, bayan ta gaya wa Misis Wilson, a Greenville, a shekarar 1862, cewa "ba za ta yi ƙoƙarin faɗar magana ɗaya ba a kan ’Yar’uwa White don kada a same ta tana yaƙi da Allah," ta amince cewa abin da aka nuna game da ita da matashin ya kasance gaskiya.

GSAM 325Jam’iyyar Messenger

GSAM 325.2A cikin kaka ta 1853, wasu ’yan adawa a Michigan sun haɗu suka fara wallafa wata takarda mai suna Messenger of Truth. Manufar wannan takarda da masu gudanar da ita sun yi kama da nufin rushewa da zagon ƙasa maimakon gina mutane. An saka ƙarya da yawa a shafukansa, wanda ya dame mu a aikimmu na saƙon; kuma tunda wannan shi ne karon farko da muka fuskanci irin wannan hari a fili, mun ɗauka alhakinmu ne mu musanta ƙaryayyun maganganunsu. Yin hakan ya ɗauki lokacin da ya kamata a yi amfani da shi wajen inganta gaskiyar da aka miƙa mana, kuma ya yi daidai da manufofin Iblis, wanda ba shakka shi ne ke tayar da wannan adawa. Kuma haka lamarin ya ci gaba har zuwa yammacin ranar 20 ga Yuni, 1855, lokacin da ni, Fasto White da matarsa, Fasto Cottrell, muka kammala wani taro a Oswego, N.Y. Mun ji haushi a taronmu saboda wani Lillis, wanda ya zo ya raba wa mutane waɗannan takardun ƙarya. Sake tambayar menene aikinmu a wannan lamari ta taso. Duk ƙoƙarin da muka yi a baya na mayar da martani ga ƙaryarsu sai dai ya ƙara musu ƙarfin gwiwa su ƙirƙiri ƙarin ƙarya.

GSAM 325Shawarwari da Hasashe

GSAM 325.3A wani taron addu’a da aka gudanar a daren nan a gidan John Place, a birnin Oswego, an nuna wa Misis White wahayi inda aka nuna mata cewa idan muka ci gaba da aikinmu, muna wa’azin gaskiya, ba tare da la’akari da irin waɗannan mutane na "Jam’iyyar Messenger" ba, za su yi yaƙi da junansu kuma jaridarsu za ta rushe, kuma idan hakan ta faru za mu ga cewa adadinmu ya ninka. Da muka yi imani cewa wannan shaida ta fito ne daga Ubangiji, sai muka fara aiwatar da ita nan take cikin jituwa da ita.

GSAM 326Rushewar Jam’iyyar Messenger da Jarida

GSAM 326.1Aikin gaskiya ya ci gaba da sauri, yayin da "Jam’iyyar Messenger" ta shiga matsala a tsakaninsu. A cikin ɗan gajeren lokaci an watse jam’iyyar, da yawa daga cikin shugabanninsu sun daina bin Asabar. Jaridarsu ba da jimawa ba ta daina fitowa saboda rashin tallafi, kuma shi wanda ya riƙe matsayin edita na ɗan lokaci ya mayar da hankalinsa kan koyar da makaranta; amma tun da bai fara koyon sarrafa kansa ba, ya gaza kwata-kwata wajen sarrafa ɗalibansa. A lokacin da yake ƙoƙarin gyara ɗaya daga cikin ɗalibansa, sai ya fitar da bindiga, wadda ta ja amma ba ta harba ba. Don tsira daga kisan gilla, sai ya tsere da dare zuwa Kanada.

GSAM 326Tasirin kan Harkar Advent

GSAM 326.2A wannan lokacin akwai babban yanayin jituwa da haɗin kai tsakanin mutanenmu fiye da kowane lokaci; kuma yayin da aka yi ƙoƙarin yaɗa saƙon, hanya ta buɗe a kowane ɓangare.

GSAM 326.3A cikin Lamba ta 10, Juz’i na 11 na mujallar Review, ranar 14 ga Janairu, 1858, edita, a lokacin da yake magana kan sakamakon aikin Messenger, ya ce: "A lokacin rashin jituwa, lokacin da aka yi ƙoƙarin rushe Review, an kimanta kadarar coci a ofis da dala 700 kacal. Tun daga lokacin ta ƙaru zuwa dala 5,000. A lokacin akwai masu biyan kuɗi kusan dubu ɗaya, yanzu kuwa akwai dubu biyu, ban da jerin 'kyauta' mai yawa."

GSAM 326.4Yayin da muka kai lokacin (1858) da "Jam’iyyar Messenger" ta rabu ta kuma bazu, kuma Messenger ya daina wanzuwa, waɗannan lambobin suna da muhimmanci. Kamar yadda adadin masu biyan kuɗin Review ya ninka daidai, haka adadin masu bi ya ninka fiye da haka. Don haka an cika hasashen da Misis White ta yi a watan Yuni, 1855.

GSAM 327An fara ba da shawarar tarurrukan cikin tanti

GSAM 327.1Al’ada ce a gare mu a farkon kwanakin saƙon mu mu gudanar da tarurruka a gidajen makaranta idan ba a samu wani wuri mafi kyau ba. A wani irin wannan gini, a wani lokaci, mutane da yawa suka taru har gine-ginen makaranta biyu na irin wannan girma ba za su iya riƙe su ba. Domin kowa ya ji shi, mai jawabi ya tsaya a cikin taga a buɗe ya yi magana ga waɗanda ke cikin gidan da kuma ga taron jama’a mafi girma da ke zaune a cikin keken su da a kan ciyawa. Ganin wannan babbar taro ne ya sa aka fara tunanin gudanar da tarurrukan a cikin tanti.

GSAM 327Taron Tanti na Farko a Battle Creek, Mich.

GSAM 327.2Saboda haka a ranar 22 ga Mayu, 1854, an yanke shawara ta hannun Fasto James White da wasu a majalisa, cewa zai zama shiri mai yiwuwa a yi amfani da tanti don tarurruka. A wancan lokacin, ana amfani da manyan tanti ne kaɗan ƙwarai don wasu dalilai banda wasannin sirkus, gidajen dabbobi, da nune-nunen nau’i-nau’i. Michigan ita ce Jihar farko da Adventistoci na Rana ta Bakwai suka ɗauki wannan mataki a wannan fannin aiki. An buɗe taron farko a cikin tanti a Battle Creek, ranar 10 ga Yuni, 1854. A halin yanzu, wannan hanyar gudanar da taruka a lokacin rani ta bunƙasa sosai.

GSAM 327An ba da shawarar tarukan sansani

GSAM 327.3A shekarar 1868 an ɗauki wani mataki mai ƙarfi. An yi la’akari yadda ya kamata game da dacewar gudanar da tarukan sansani, kuma aka yanke shawarar cewa wannan zai zama hanya mai kyau don karɓar manyan tarukan mutanenmu a tarurruka na gabaɗaya. Da samun babban tanti don ayyukan jama’a da ƙananan tanti na iyali, za a sa mutane su ji daɗi, kuma haka za a iya ciyar da kwanaki da dama cikin amfani a cikin shawarwari da ibada.

GSAM 328Taron Sansani na Farko a Wright, Mich.

GSAM 328.1An gudanar da taron sansanin farko a Wright, Mich., daga 1-7 ga Satumba, 1868. Waɗannan manyan tarurruka na gama gari na mutanenmu sun bunƙasa har zuwa matakin da ake gudanar da sama da rabin ɗari na tarurrukan sansani a kowace shekara a sassa daban-daban na filin aiki. Ba a Amurka kaɗai ake gudanar da waɗannan tarurrukan sansani ba, har ma a Turai, Ostiraliya, Sabuwar Zelanda, da Afirka ta Kudu.

GSAM 328.2Babban taro mafi girma irin wannan da mutanenmu suka taɓa shirya shi ne a shekarar 1893, a Lansing, Michigan. A cikin wannan babban taro akwai mutane 3,400 suna zaune a cikin tanti iyali sama da 500. An yi amfani da yadi na auduga fiye da yadi 150,000 wajen gina tanti daban-daban a sansanin.

GSAM 328Ceto daga haɗarin jirgin ƙasa

GSAM 328.3Ranar da ta biyo bayan an yanke shawarar sayen tanti mu na farko mai tsayin ƙafa 60 (23 ga Mayu, 1854), Fasto White da matarsa, a lokacin suna a Jackson, Mich., sun yi niyyar fara tafiyarsu zuwa Wisconsin, inda za su yi aiki na ɗan lokaci. Mun yi yammaci a gidan D. R. Palmer, wanda ba nisa ba daga tashar. Sau da dama a yammacin, Fasto White ya yi magana yana cewa, "Ina jin wani abu na ban mamaki game da fara wannan tafiya; amma, Ellen, muna da alkawari a waje, kuma dole mu tafi. Da ba na da alkawari, ba zan tafi daren yau ba."

GSAM 328.4Da dare ya yi, kusan lokacin isowar jirgin, mun yi lokaci na addu’a. Dukkanmu mun ji ana jagorantar mu mu yi addu’a don lafiyar Fasto White da matarsa a wannan tafiya. Da muka tashi, Fasto White ya bayyana bangaskiyarsa cewa Ubangiji zai kula da su kuma ya kiyaye su.

GSAM 328.5Da misalin ƙarfe takwas na dare na tafi tare da su zuwa jirgin don taimaka musu samun kujeru da daidaita kayansu. Mun shiga wata motar jirgi mai kujeru masu dogon baya, wadda a wancan zamanin ake kira "motar barci." Misis White ta ce, "James, ba zan iya zama a cikin wannan motar jirgin ba, dole ne in fita daga nan." Na taimaka musu wajen samun kujera a tsakiyar motar jirgin ta gaba. Misis White ta zauna tare da kayanta a cinyarta, amma ta ce, "Ban ji kamar ina gida a cikin wannan jirgin ba." An yi ƙarar kararrawa, kuma bayan na yi musu "sallama" cikin hanzari, na tafi gidan Cyrenius Smith domin kwana a can.

GSAM 329.1Da misalin ƙarfe goma na dare, duk muka yi matuƙar mamaki lokacin da muka ji Fasto White, wanda muka zata yana kan hanya zuwa Chicago, yana buga ƙofa don a buɗe masa. Ya ce jirgin ya fita daga layi mil uku yamma da Jackson; cewa mafi yawan jirgin, tare da injin sa, sun lalace gaba ɗaya; amma duk da cewa wasu sun mutu, shi da Misis White sun tsira ba tare da rauni ba. Ba da jimawa ba ya samu doki da karusar hawa, ya tafi tare da Abram Dodge domin ɗaukar Misis White, wadda Faston ya ɗauka a hannayensa ya ɗauke ta wani nisa, ta cikin wani yanki mai laka da ruwa, ya ƙetare ƙaramin kogi, zuwa wuri mai aminci, nesa da inda bala’in ya faru.

GSAM 329.2Da sassafe washegari na tafi tare da Mista Dodge don ganin abin da ya faru. A wani wuri da titin ke ƙetare layin jirgi a karkace, wani sa ya kwanta don huta kai tsaye a kan layin. Injin ba shi da na’urar ture dabbobi daga kan layin dogo, don haka da ya buge dabbar sai ya tashi daga kan layin zuwa hagu. A girgizar farko da injin ya yi lokacin da ya buge ƙasa, motar kaya, wacce ke ɗauke da akwatin littattafan Fasto White, ta tsallake gaba ɗaya daga kan layin ba tare da lalacewa ba; a daidai wannan lokaci motar fasinjoji da ke bayan jirgin ta rabu da sauran jirgin ba tare da taimakon ɗan adam ba, sannan ta tsaya a hankali a kan layin. Injin jirgin da motar kwal ɗinsa sun ci gaba da gudu a ƙasa bayan layin dogo kusan tsawon sanduna shida zuwa takwas, sai injin ya buge guntun itacen oak mai diamita kusan ƙafa uku. Ƙarfin jirgin ya yi yawa har injin ya juya ƙasan sama, sannan bayan motar kwal ɗin ya juya ya tsallaka layin dogo. Babban jikin jirgin, yana tafiya da cikakken ƙarfi, ya buge wannan tarkacen injin, ta haka ya haifar da girgiza ta biyu. Motar jirgi ta farko da ta buge injin ita ce motar saƙo, wadda aka murƙushe ta har ta zama ƙananan katako. Ita da abubuwan da ke cikinta sun zama tarin shara da aka jingina a kan motar kwal da kewaye da shi. Na gaba motar ajin biyu ce, wadda ke ɗauke da fasinjoji goma sha takwas, daga cikinsu ɗaya ya mutu kuma sauran duk sun ji rauni kaɗan ko yawa. Wannan motar ta rabu gida biyu saboda motar kwana ta bi ta ciki. Gaban motar kwana ta karye-karye, kuma kujerar da Misis White ba ta ji daɗin zama a ciki ba an murƙushe ta gaba ɗaya.

GSAM 330Shaidar Ceton Allah

GSAM 330.1Yayin da muka kalli ragowar jirgin, sannan muka ga motar jirgin da Fasto White da matarsa ke hawa a lokacin haɗarin, tana tsaye a hankali kanta, nisan kusan sanduna goma sha biyar daga wurin haɗarin, sai muka ji a zukatanmu cewa Allah yana sauraron addu’a, kuma wa ya san ko ya aiko mala’ikarsa don ya kwance mahaɗin wannan motar jirgin, domin bayinsa su tsira ba tare da rauni ba? Musamman ma wannan tunani ya yi tasiri a zukatanmu lokacin da mai riƙe birki ya ce shi bai kwance mahaɗinta ba, kuma babu wanda yake a dandamali lokacin da hakan ta faru, kuma abin mamaki ne a gare shi da duk ma’aikatan jirgin yadda aka yi hakan; kuma abin da ya fi zama abin mamaki a gare su, maɗaurin ƙarfe da ƙusoshi duka ba su karye ba, kuma ƙusoshi tare da sarƙarsa suna kwance a dandalin motar da ta lalace kamar dai an ajiye su ne da hannu mai kulawa.

GSAM 330.2Da yamma ta 24 an share layin dogo daga tarkacen har jiragen ƙasa suka fara aiki kamar yadda aka saba, kuma Fasto da Misis White suka sake shiga motoci suka yi tafiya lafiya zuwa alkawurinsu a Wisconsin.

GSAM 330Masu Adawa An Yi Musu Tsawawa

GSAM 330.3Ba komai ya kasance "tuƙi mai sauƙi" ba ga Isra’ila na dā. Suna da maƙiya a waje waɗanda ke ƙoƙarin hana ci gaban su a kowane mataki. "Taron mutane iri-iri" da waɗanda ba a keɓe su ba a cikin sansanin sun kasance kayan aiki a shirye, ta wurinsu Iblis ke ƙoƙarin tada rashin gamsuwa, rikici, ƙorafi, da tawaye. Gaskiyar cewa hannun Allah mai albarka yana tare da masu amincewa, kuma nasara ta kasance tare da ƙoƙarinsu, hujja ce cewa waɗannan mutane sun sami alheri a gabanSa—cewa hannun Ubangiji yana jagorantar su.

GSAM 331.1Don haka a cikin tashin da ci gaban saƙon mala’ika na uku; ci gabansa bai kasance ne saboda gaskiyoyin da aka gabatar sun yi daɗi ga zuciyar ɗan adam ta halitta ba. A akasin haka, ainihin gaskiyar saƙon—Asabar ta Ubangiji—tana karo da muradun son kai na duniya, tana ware waɗanda ke bin ta daga harkokin duniya na tsawon kwanaki biyu a mako. Ayyukan gaskiya na yanzu ya fuskanci maƙiya na waje, masu azama da dagewa wajen ƙoƙarinsu na rushe aikin. Za a iya cewa game da su, da kalaman mai rera Zabura, "Da ba don Ubangiji ya kasance a gefenmu ba, bari Isra’ila yă ce, da ba don Ubangiji ya kasance a gefenmu ba sa’ad da aka auka mana, sa’ad da fushinsu ya ƙuna a kanmu, ai, da sun haɗiye mu da rai."²

GSAM 331.2Mutane masu son kai da rashin gamsuwa a cikin sahunmu sun taso lokaci-lokaci, suna bayyana manyan abubuwan da za a yi idan an cika niyyoyinsu; amma kamar hasken ruhohi, fitilunsu sun daɗe sun kashe. A gefe guda kuma, gaskiyar yanzu tana ci gaba da yaɗuwa a duniya cikin tabbaci da kwanciyar hankali, tana ƙara ƙarfi da karko a kowane ci gaba.

GSAM 331Fastoci Stephenson da Hall

GSAM 331.3A lokacin rani na shekarar 1855, Fastoci Stephenson da Hall sun yi ƙoƙarin haifar da tawaye a Jihar Wisconsin. ’Yan’uwa manya sun san sosai cewa sun yi niyyar gwada sauran ɓangarorin bangaskiyarmu ta hanyar koyarwar su ta "Zamanin da Zai Zo", kuma suna matuƙar son a koya wa Adventistoci na Rana ta Bakwai koyarwar lokacin gwaji bayan zuwan Kristi na biyu.

GSAM 331Hasashen Game da Su

GSAM 331.420 ga Nuwamba, 1855, an nuna wa Misis White halin da suke ciki, tare da annabci game da sakamakon ƙarshe a cikin waɗannan kalmomin: "Shin kuna tunanin, ku mutane marasa ƙarfi, cewa za ku iya dakatar da aikin Allah? Mutum mara ƙarfi, taɓawa guda da yatsansa na iya kayar da kai. Zai bar ka na ɗan lokaci kaɗan."

GSAM 332.1Masu adawa da mu sun ce cewa a nan akwai wahayi da ya bayyana cewa waɗannan mutanen za su mutu nan ba da jimawa ba, kuma tunda sun rayu na tsawon shekaru da dama, wahayin bai cika ba. Babu komai a cikin wahayin game da mutuwarsu. An nuna su a matsayin mutanen da ke ƙoƙarin dakatar da aikin saƙon mala’ika na uku. Duk da an sanar da su yadda zai kasance da sauƙi ga Allah ya dakatar da su, an ƙara da cewa, "Zai bar ku na ɗan lokaci kaɗan." Me suka yi?—Maimakon su yi nasara a yaƙi, kamar yadda suka yi tsammani, sai dai an bar su suna ta ƙoƙarin gano hanya cikin duhu. Bayan ’yan makonni kaɗan suka daina bin Asabar gaba ɗaya, suka juya suka yi mata adawa. Sun yi fatan su kafa wata ƙungiya mai suna "Zamanin da Zai Zo", su kasance shugabanni. Maimakon su yi nasara a wannan, da barin Asabar sai suka rasa gaba ɗaya tasirinsu a kan mutanenmu. Haka, ta hanyar aikinsu da kansu, sun rushe gaba ɗaya abin da suka fara niyyar yi. Mutanenmu suka ce, "Hakika, Allah 'Ya yi haƙuri da su na ɗan lokaci kaɗan.'"

GSAM 332Ƙarshen Rayuwa Mai Baƙin Ciki

GSAM 332.2Game da sakamakon waɗannan mutane biyu, zai dace a bayar da wasu bayanai game da mummunan ƙarshe da suka yi, waɗanda ’yan uwansu na gaskiya, mabiya "Zamanin da Zai Zo", suka yi, waɗanda suka haɗa kai da su bayan barin Asabar. Shekaru talatin da bakwai da suka wuce, Mista Hall ya fara ɗan hauka (sakamakon laushin kwakwalwa), sanadin wannan yanayin kuwa shine asarar dukiya mai yawa ta hanyar zamba daga wasu. Ya na fama da tunanin kuskure cewa idan ya fita waje zai baje ya yi faɗi ya manne da ƙasa. Ba shi da haɗari, amma tabbas, a cikin waɗannan shekaru masu tsawo bai dace kwata-kwata ba don aikin hidima a kowace hanya.³

GSAM 332.3Fasto Stephenson ya rasu kusan shekaru goma sha shida da suka wuce. Shekaru da dama kafin mutuwarsa, ba shi da hankali (mai hauka), kodayake ba shi da haɗari ga wasu. Kafin ya shiga wannan hali, a ƙarƙashin ’yancin da ya yi zaton yana da shi bisa ga akidar rashin doka da ya yi imani da ita, ya bar matarsa, mace da ba a taɓa zarginta da rashin ɗabi’a ba (zai iya samun saki ne kawai ta hanyar ɗaukar lauya mai cin hanci), ya auri wata mace matashiya sosai fiye da tsohuwar matarsa. Wannan aiki ya kasance babban keta ɗabi’a har ’yan uwansa na "Zamanin da Zai Zo" suka yi watsi da aikinsa, kuma ba su sake ba shi damar yi musu wa’azi ba.

GSAM 333.1Bayanan da ’yan uwansu suka yi game da kwanakin ƙarshe na waɗannan mutane sun nuna tausayinsu mai zurfi; duk da haka, su ne gaskiya marar ɓoye, waɗanda aka bayar ba tare da son zuciya ko nuna bambanci ba. Da wannan, muna barin masu karatunmu su yanke nasu hukunci dangane da aikace-aikacen shaida a ɓangaren zahiri.

GSAM 333Fasto J. H. Waggoner Ya Karɓi Saƙon

GSAM 333.2A shekarar 1852, Fasto J. H. Waggoner, wanda yake gudanar da jaridar gunduma a Wisconsin, ya karɓi gaskiyar yanzu, kuma a shekarar da ta biyo baya ya miƙa kansa gaba ɗaya ga aikin hidima. A shekarar 1857 ya rubuta littattafan wayar da kai guda biyu masu matuƙar muhimmanci, kowannensu na da shafuka kusan ɗari biyu. Na farko an sanya masa suna, The Nature and Tendency of Modern Spiritualism, na biyu kuma, A Refutation of the Age-to-Come. Wannan na farko ba wai kawai ya zama hanyar ceto mutane da yawa daga faɗa cikin tarkon Iblis ba, har ma, da albarkar Allah, ya buɗe idanun mutane da yawa waɗanda ba su san yadda za su fassara waɗannan bayyanar zamani ba.

GSAM 333.3Refutation of the Age-to-Come nasa cikakkiyar fallasa ce ga ƙarya-ƙaryan ƙa’idodin gwaji ga masu zunubi bayan karo na biyu na zuwan Ubangijimmu. Ƙaryata ce mai cikakken hujja har cewa ba a taɓa amsa ta ba, kuma ba a taɓa ganin wani yunƙurin amsa ba har yanzu. Littafin ya gabatar, cikin bayyananne kuma taƙaitacce, matsayin Kristi a matsayin firist a kan gadon sarautar Ubansa (firistancinsa na Melkisedek) a wannan zamani, da matsayin da zai riƙe a kan gadon sarautarsa a mulkinsa na har abada—gadon sarauta da ba za a haɗa shi da kowanne firistanci na tsaka-tsaki ba.

GSAM 334.1Daga baya Fasto Waggoner ya rubuta takardar bishara ta uku mai kusan girman iri ɗaya, mai taken, The Atonement in the Light of Reason and Revelation. A kusan shekarar 1884 an sake gyara ta kuma a faɗaɗa ta zuwa littafi mai shafuka kusan 400. Wannan wani bayani ne mai tsabta kuma taƙaitacce game da batun da take nuna.

GSAM 334.2Daga wannan lokaci sai ya kasance yana aiki sosai a harkar wallafa littattafai, a matsayin marubuci da edita. Haka kuma ya ci gaba da ayyukan hidimarsa ta addini, inda ya shafe shekarunsa na ƙarshe a Turai.

GSAM 334.3A ranar 17 ga Afrilu, 1889, ya rasu kwatsam a Basel, Switzerland, ba da jimawa ba bayan kammala littafinsa na ƙarshe, From Eden to Eden. A ranar 16, ya yi aikin rubutu na cikakken yini, kuma ya rubuta a cikin kundin tunawarsa, "Na yi aikin yini mai wahala." Daga rahoton lamuransa da ’yan’uwa na Turai suka yi, an samo waɗannan bayanai:—

GSAM 334.4"Da safe ranar 17, da misalin ƙarfe biyar da rabi na safe, ya faɗi ya mutu a cikin ɗakinsa na girki, ba tare da wata gargaɗi ba, sakamakon tsayawar aikin zuciya. Ya kasance yana aiki tuƙuru don kammala bugu na Turanci na sabon littafinsa, kuma yana sa ran tashi zuwa Landan a ranar Lahadi mai zuwa, domin yin aiki tare da ma’aikatan can, kafin komawa Amurka a lokacin rani mai zuwa."

GSAM 334.5Tun daga shekarar 1854, Fasto Waggoner ya kasance koyaushe a gaba a gaban jama’a wajen kare gaskiya, duka a cikin wa’azi da a cikin jaridu. A lokacin rasuwarsa, yana kusan shekaru sittin da tara. An binne shi a Basel, a ranar 20 ga Afrilu. Haka wani daga cikin tsofaffin ma’aikatan wannan aiki ya faɗi a kan aikin aikinsa.

GSAM 334Warkarwa ta bangaskiya

GSAM 334.6A farkon bazara ta 1858, Misis White ta sha fama ƙwarai na tsawon kwanaki da dama, tana maƙale a gadonta cikin yanayi kusan rashin ƙarfi. Wata yamma, kusan tsakar dare, ta yi suma; iyali suka yi duk mai yiwuwa don ta dawo hayyarta, amma suka gaza. Ta kasance cikin wannan yanayi na fiye da rabin sa’a, sai Fasto Andrews da ni aka tura mu cikin gaggawa ta hannun Fasto White mu zo mu yi addu’a tare. A martani ga roƙo na gaskiya da aka yi a bakin gadonta, Ubangiji cikin jinƙai ya dawo da ita cikin hankalinta, ya kuma mayar da ita cikin ƙoshin lafiya kamar yadda take a kullum. Yayin da take yabon Allah, an ɗauke ta cikin wahayi, tana nan kwance a gadon. Wasu daga cikin abubuwan da aka nuna mata a wannan wahayin za a iya karanta su a cikin "Testimony for the Church," Lamba ta 5.

GSAM 335Bayyanar Jiki Mai Ban Mamaki

GSAM 335.1An samu wani abin al’ajabi na zahiri da ya danganci wannan wahayin, wanda muke ja hankali sosai a kai. Ni da Fasto White muna zaune a gefe guda na gadon, Fasto Andrews kuma a ɗayan gefe. Hannayenta suna juyawa suna rufe ƙirji ko kuma suna motsi cikin sassauci da kyan gani kamar yadda take yi kullum, suna nuna wurare daban-daban da take kallo. An ɗaga saman jikinta daga gadon, har sai an sami tazara kusan inci takwas ko tara tsakanin kafaɗunta da matashin kai. Wato, daga kugu zuwa sama jikinta ya lanɗa a kusurwa kusan digiri talatin. Kuma a wannan matsayi ta tsaya har tsawon wahayin, wanda ya ɗauki mintuna talatin. Babu wanda zai iya ɗaukar irin wannan matsayi da kansa ba tare da tallafin hannaye ba, balle ya tsaya a ciki na tsawon lokacin. Wannan kuma ya nuna cewa wata ƙarfi da ba ta mallaka ba tana da alaƙa da wahayin.

GSAM 335Wani Hasashe

GSAM 335.2A ranar farko ga Oktoba, 1858, an gudanar da taro na gabaɗaya a Rochester, N.Y. ta hannun Fasto White da Matarsa da marubucin nan. Daga wannan taro, marubucin nan ya raka su a wata zagaya ta Jihar New York da Jihohin New England. Wata Asabar, an ba Misis White wahayi inda aka nuna mata, daga cikin wasu abubuwa, cewa a wani wuri a kan tafiyarmu da aka shirya, Iblis zai yi mata mummunan hari, kuma cewa ni da Fasto White dole ne mu riƙe ta da bangaskiya, kuma Ubangiji zai kuɓutar da ita.

GSAM 336Wahalhalun Misis White

GSAM 336.1Ga shi nan wani annabci ne game da abin da zai faru. Ci gaba zai nuna yadda aka cika shi daidai. Ranar Asabar ta farko bayan taron Rochester mun kasance a Roosevelt, kuma ranar Asabar ta biyu a Brookfield, Madison County. A makon da ya biyo baya mun gudanar da tarurruka a cikin babban ɗakin girki na Mista Ballou a Mannsville, ƙaramar hukumar Jefferson. Yayin da take tafiya da jirgin ƙasa daga Brookfield zuwa Mannsville, fuskar Misis White ta yi kumburi a ƙarƙashin idanuwanta. Wannan ya yi matuƙar zafi har da zarar muka isa Mannsville sai ta tilasta shiga gado. Kumburin ya ƙaru na tsawon kwanaki biyu, ya hana ta yin barci, haka kuma ya hana ta halartar tarurrukan. Kanta ta kumbura har idanuwanta biyun suka rufe, fuskar ta kuma ta lalace har ba ta kama da ta ɗan adam ba. A tsakiyar wannan azabar ciwo da tsananin tashin hankali na rashin bacci, maƙiyi ya yi ƙoƙarin tilasta mata ta yi ƙorafi ga Allah. Haka abubuwa suka ci gaba har zuwa ƙarshen tarurrukan da aka shirya.

GSAM 336.2Bayan an kammala tarurrukan, Fasto White ya ce mini,

GSAM 336.2"Ɗan’uwanmu John, wannan shi ne ainihin harin Iblis kan matata wanda aka yi mana gargaɗi a kansa a Rochester. Ka tuna alkawarin da aka yi a can cewa idan muka haɗa kai muka ɗaga ta da bangaskiya, ba tare da mun saki ba ko da ɗan lokaci lokacin gwagwarmaya ba, za a karya ƙarfin maƙiyi, kuma za a ’yantar da ita. Mu shiga nan take mu yi lokaci na addu’a."

GSAM 336Ceto Kamar Yadda Aka Annabta

GSAM 336.3Nan da nan muka shiga ɗakin da Misis White ke kwance a gadonta, muka yi addu’a mai tsanani a kanta, yayin da ’yan’uwa a ɗakin da muka ke gudanar da tarurruka suka tsaya cikin addu’a a shiru. Kusan bayan mintuna goma da muka fara yin addu’a, ikon Ubangiji ya sauka ya cika ɗakin. A nan take Misis White ta ji sauƙin duk wani ciwo, kuma nan da nan ta nemi abinci. Wannan ya kasance kusan ƙarfe biyar na yamma. Da ƙarfe bakwai kumburin fuskarta ya ɓace gaba ɗaya, kuma ta halarci taron daren nan, a bayyane tana cikin ƙoshin lafiya kamar kullum.

GSAM 337.1A kan bukatar mazauna garin, an gabatar da wa’azi a yamma kan "Gadon Masu Tsarki," inda a ƙarshen sa Misis White ta yi wa’azi. Yayin da Fasto White yake waje tare da ƙaramin ɗansa, W. C., an ɗauke ta cikin wahayi a gaban wannan babban taro. Wasu daga cikin abubuwan da aka nuna mata a wancan lokacin za a iya karanta su a cikin maƙalar ƙarshe ta Testimony Number 5, wacce aka rubuta a Mannsville, N.Y., ranar 21 ga Oktoba, 1858.

GSAM 337.2Sauƙin da Misis White ta samu a lokacin da aka ambata a sama ya kasance mai tasiri kamar yadda aka annabta a wahayin da aka ba a Rochester. Babu irin wannan wahala da ta sake faruwa a wannan tafiya, kuma mun samu babban nasara ga gaskiya a kowane wuri.

GSAM 337Hasashen Yaƙin Basasa na Amurka

GSAM 337.3A ranar Asabar, 12 ga Janairu, 1861, wato watanni uku cif kafin a harbe bindiga ta farko a Fort Sumter (wanda a zahiri shi ne buɗewar yaƙin da ya haifar da ’yantar da bayi ’yan Afirka miliyan 4 a Amurka), an kaddamar da ginin taron Adventist na Rana ta Bakwai a Parkville, Mich. An halarci taron ne da Fasto White da matarsa, Fastoci Waggoner, Smith, da marubucin nan. A ƙarshen jawabin da Fasto White ya yi, Misis White ta yi gargaɗi mai ƙarfafa gwiwa, daga nan sai ta zauna a kujera. A wannan hali aka ɗauke ta cikin wahayi. Gidan ya cika da mutane, kuma hakika wuri ne mai tsarki. Bayan ta fito daga wahayi sai ta tashi, ta kalle-kalle cikin gidan, ta ce:—

GSAM 338.1"Babu mutum a cikin wannan gida da ya taɓa mafarkin wahalhalun da ke tafe da wannan ƙasa. Mutane suna yin wasa da dokar rabuwar ƙasar South Carolina, amma an nuna mini cewa jihohi da yawa za su haɗu da wannan jiha, kuma za a sami yaƙi mai matuƙar tsanani. A cikin wannan wahayi na ga manyan sojoji daga ɓangarori biyu sun taru a filin fama. Na ji ƙarar bam-bam na manyan bindigogi, na ga matattu da masu mutuwa a ko’ina. Sai na ga suna gaggauta zuwa suna fafatawa hannu da hannu [suna soka bayoneta juna]. Sai na ga filin yaƙi bayan faɗa, cike da matattu da masu mutuwa. Sai aka kai ni gidajen kurkuku, na ga wahalar waɗanda ke cikin bukata, suna ƙarewa da rauni. Sai aka kai ni gidajen waɗanda suka rasa mazaje, ’ya’ya maza, ko ’yan’uwa a yaƙi. Na ga baƙin cikin su da azabar su."

GSAM 338.2Sa’an nan tana kallon gidan a hankali ta ce, "Akwai wasu a cikin wannan gida da za su rasa ’ya’ya maza a wannan yaƙi."

GSAM 338Shaidar Misis Ensign Game da Wahayoyin

GSAM 338.3A matsayin tabbaci ga wannan gaskiya, kuma a matsayin hujja cewa an yi annabcin a ranar da aka bayyana, kuma a matsayin misali na yadda taron ya fahimce shi kuma ya yaɗa shi, an gabatar da shaida mai zuwa:—

GSAM 338.4"Wannan takardar shaida ce cewa na kasance ina zaune a Ƙaramar Hukumar St. Joseph, Michigan, a watan Janairu, 1861, kimanin mil shida daga Parkville. Ban kasance Adventist ba. A ranar 12 ga watan nan wasu maƙwabtana sun tafi Parkville don halartar taruka. Da suka dawo gida sai suka gaya mini cewa akwai wata mace a taron wadda ta shiga yanayin gushewar hayyaci, wadda ta ce akwai wani babban yaƙi mai ban tsoro da zai rutsa da Amurka; cewa za a tara manyan sojoji a ɓangarori biyu, a Kudanci da kuma a Arewa, kuma za a sami da yawa da za su sha wahala a kurkuku; kuma za a ji matsanancin talauci a cikin iyalai da dama sakamakon rasa mazaje, ’ya’ya maza, da ’yan’uwa a yaƙin; kuma cewa akwai maza a cikin gidan da za su rasa ’ya’ya maza a cikin wannan yaƙi." An sa hannu, "Martha V. Ensign, Wild Flower, Fresno County, California, 30 ga Janairu, 1891."

GSAM 339.1Dangane da annabcin wannan yaƙin mai ban tsoro, Misis White ta ƙara bayyana cewa Adventistoci na Rana ta Bakwai "za a jefa su cikin mawuyacin hali saboda yaƙin, kuma wajibi ne ga kowa ya yi addu’a da gaske domin a ba su hikima su san abin da za su yi a cikin lokutan gwaji da ke gabansu."

GSAM 339Girma Yaƙin Basasa

GSAM 339.2A lokacin da aka ba da wahayi, mutanen Arewaci gabaɗaya ba su da wani hasashe, ko da kaɗan, game da yaƙin da ke tafe. Ko Shugaba Lincoln kansa, watanni uku bayan haka (12 ga Afrilu, 1861), a lokacin da jihohi da dama suka haɗu da Jihar South Carolina a cikin dokar rabuwar kawuna, kuma aka harbi bindiga ta farko a kan Fort Sumter, ya yi kira ga maza 75,000 kaɗai, kuma waɗannan na ɗan gajeren lokaci na watanni uku.

GSAM 339.3Jimillar adadin sojojin da aka yi wa rajista a ɓangaren Tarayya a lokacin yaƙin ya kai 2,859,132. Littafin Encyclopedia Britannica ya ce "sojojin Confederate sun kai kusan maza 700,000 a farkon shekarar 1863," amma yana da wahala a tabbatar da ainihin adadin da suka yi rajista gaba ɗaya. Ya kiyasta adadin mutuwar su a kusan "maza 300,000." Wasu daga cikin sabbin kundin ilimi suna kiyasta asarar ɓangaren Tarayya (na waɗanda aka kashe a faɗa, ko waɗanda suka mutu sakamakon raunuka ko cututtuka da suka kama su a filin fama ko a kurkuku) a 359,528. Game da bashin ɓangaren Tarayya, Encyclopedia Britannica ta ce:—

GSAM 339.4"Bashin ya kai kololuwa a ranar 31 ga Agusta, 1865, ya kai dala $2,845,907,626.56. An kuma kashe kimanin dala miliyan 800 na kuɗaɗen shiga, galibi kan yaƙi; jihohi, birane, ƙananan hukumomi da garuruwa sun kashe harajinsu kuma sun tara basussukansu don bukatun yaƙi; biyan fansho zai yiwu ya kai dala biliyan 1.5 a ƙarshe. Ba za a taɓa sanin kuɗin da ƙungiyar Confederate ta kashe ba, dukiyar da sojojin Tarayya da na Confederate suka lalata ba za a iya kimanta ta ba; kuma darajar kuɗi ($2,000,000,000) na bayi a Kudanci an share ta gaba ɗaya saboda yaƙin. Gabaɗaya, duk da cewa ba za a iya ƙididdige kuɗin yaƙin daidai ba, $8,000,000,000 ƙididdiga ce mai matsakaici."⁴

GSAM 340Wani Tabbaci na wahayi

GSAM 340.1Game da annabcin da ya shafi maza a cikin ginin taron Parkville da suka rasa ’ya’ya maza a yaƙin, zan faɗi kawai cewa a kaka ta 1883 na haɗu da dattijon cocin Parkville, wanda shi ma dattijo ne a watan Janairu, 1861, lokacin da aka ba da wahayi; kuma na tambaye shi ko ya tuna da furucin da Misis White ta yi a lokacin da take ba da labarin wahayi game da yaƙin. "Eh," in ji shi, "na tuna." "Za ka gaya mini nawa kake sani daga cikin mutanen waɗanda suke cikin gidan a waccan ranar kuma suka rasa ’ya’ya maza a yaƙin?" Nan da nan ya tuna sunayen mutane biyar, ya ce, "Na san cewa waɗannan sun kasance a can, kuma sun rasa ’ya’ya maza a yaƙi; kuma da na kasance a gida, inda zan iya magana da mutanena, da zan iya ba ka wasu sunaye. Ina tsammani," ya ci gaba, "akwai wasu biyar kuma, ban da waɗanda na ambata."

GSAM 340.2Shekaru huɗu da sama na ci gaba da faɗa daga ɓangaren Kudanci, har kusan rabin dukkan sojojin da aka yi rijista sun mutu ko dai a fage ko daga rashin lafiya, ya nuna cikar wannan hasashen da abin mamaki.

GSAM 340Bauta da Yaƙi

GSAM 340.3A yayin da take ba da labari game da wahayi da aka ba ta a ranar 4 ga Janairu, 1862, Misis White ta ce:—

GSAM 340.4"An lallashe dubban mutane su yi rajista da fahimtar cewa wannan yaƙi ne don kawar da bauta; amma yanzu da suka riga sun shiga, sai suka gano an yaudare su, cewa manufar wannan yaƙi ba don kawar da bauta ba ce, sai don kiyaye ta yadda take."

GSAM 341.1An bayar da abin da ke sama ne a lokacin da ake bukatar sojoji su taimaka wajen mayar da duk bayi da suka tsere zuwa layukan Tarayya ga iyayen gidansu, kuma an nuna sojojin suna cewa, "Idan muka yi nasarar dakile wannan tawaye, me muka samu?" Suna amsawa cikin ƙuncin rai, "Babu komai. Abin da ya jawo tawayen bai ɓace ba. Tsarin bauta, wanda ya halaka ƙasarmu, an bar shi ya rayu ya sake tayar da wata tawaye." Waɗannan kalmomi, da aka ɗauko daga Testimony No. 7, inda aka ba da cikakken labari mai ƙayatarwa game da yaƙin a ƙarƙashin taken "Bauta da Yaƙi," ba sa nuna cewa ba za a taɓa kawar da bauta ba, sai dai suna nuna yadda sojojin suka kalli lamarin a wancan lokacin. A ɗan gaba a cikin wannan shaida akwai wata hasashe kamar haka:—

GSAM 341Hasashen Nasara ga Arewa

GSAM 341.2"Kuma duk da haka an ayyana azumi na ƙasa! In ji Ubangiji, 'Irin azumin da na zaɓa shi ne, a kunce sarƙoƙin rashin adalci a kuma kunce igiyoyin karkiya, a ’yantar da waɗanda ake zalunta a kuma kakkarye kowace karkiya?' Lokacin da ƙasarmu ta yi azumin da Allah ya zaɓa, sai ya amince da addu’o’insu dangane da yaƙin; amma yanzu ba sa shiga kunnensa."

GSAM 341.3Waɗanda suka san tarihin yaƙin sun san game da rashin nasarori, bala’i, jinkiri da sauransu da suka shafi ƙoƙarin Arewacin Amurka na rinjayar sojojin Kudanci har zuwa lokacin da aka fitar da sanarwar ’yantar da bayi—1 ga Janairu, 1863. To, yaya saurin nasarorin da aka samu daga wannan lokaci har ƙarshen yaƙin! Yaya gaskiya ta bayyana, ga waɗanda ke bibiyar ci gaban aikin, cika wannan annabcin na 4 ga Janairu, 1862. Bayan an ɗaga nauyi, an sassauta bauta, an karya karkiyar da ke kan bawa! Yaya gaskiya cewa Allah ya ji addu’o’in mutanensa, ya kuma goyi bayan ƙoƙarin kawo ƙarshen yaƙin lokacin da suka zaɓi azumi da ya faranta masa rai!

GSAM 342Shaidar Tsohon Gwamna St. John

GSAM 342.1A cikin jawabi da tsohon Gwamna John P. St. John na Kansas ya yi a Ottawa, Ill., wanda na saurara a yammacin ranar 29 ga Yuni, 1891, ya bayyana haka:—

GSAM 342.2"Ban taɓa yin takaici kamar yadda na yi ba lokacin da [’yan Konfederet] suka doke mu a Bull Run. Amma duk wani ɓangare ne na shirin Allah. Da mun doke [’yan Konfederet], ’yan siyasa za su kafa zaman lafiya, kuma Haɗin Kai zai ci gaba da bauta, kuma za mu kasance da ita a yau. Tsawon shekaru biyu [’yan Konfederet] sun yi rinjaye; amma bayan Lincoln ya fitar da sanarwar ’yantar bayi ta shahara, mun koma gefen Allah, kuma ba za mu iya sha kashi ba."